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Gary Marcondes


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Hi all,

Has anyone tried an alternative to string for re-stringing day/night shades?  May sound stupid but, things like fishing line, picture hanging wire, etc.  I'm just so tied of re-stringing blinds and I don't want to switch to a different type because I like the day/night usefulness. no

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Fishing line did not last any longer when we tried it and it was rated for very large fish.

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Thanks Bill for the reply.  We'll see if there are any more ideas out there.

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One thing we do is to travel with the blinds pulled up. The blinds are 22 years old and haven't had a string break. With the blinds pulled up it stops the possibility of sawing action on the strings.



-- Edited by The Bear II on Friday 13th of January 2017 12:07:51 PM

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The Bear II wrote:

One thing we do is to travel with the blinds pulled up. The blinds are 22 years old and haven't had a string break. With the blinds pulled up it stops the possibility of sawing action on the strings.



-- Edited by The Bear II on Friday 13th of January 2017 12:07:51 PM

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They must have used something back then that is far surperior to what they use now!  I've resorted to buying 300 foot rolls from fixmyblinds.com.



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Thanks all for the replies so far.  Still waiting for that new idea that worked.

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